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Engineering namesake dies at 80
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Harold Dwight Look, a major donor to Texas
A&M, died at age 80 on Thursday, Sept. 5.
Born in 1921 in Somerville, Texas. Look
graduated from Texas A&M in 1943 with a
degree in civil engineering.
After graduation. Look served in World War
II in the Pacific. When he returned home, he
earned a master’s degree from Texas A&M in
municipal and sanitary engineering.
Look then left for Guam in 1953 where he
started a construction company and sp^Balized
in bridges and roads. He also herded cattle and
invested money and real estate, residing in
Guam for more than 40 years.
Look's contributions can be found campus
wide in facilities such as the Dwight Look
College of Engineering and the Sterling C.
Evans Library'.
Funeral services will be held in Somerville
Saturday. Look's family has asked that memori
als be given to the Dwight Look College of
Engineering.
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representing those who were
killed, connected in a circular
pattern by 27 bars, representing
those who were injured in the
collapse. The memorial will be
located on the Polo Fields, the
former Bonfire site.
“The architects and the
University will consult with the
families of the victims to see
that each portal reflects the fam
ilies’ wishes,’’ Rosser said.
The second stage begins this
semester. Rosser said the
University will work closely
with Overland Partners, Inc., the
San Antonio-based firm selected
to design the memorial, to gen
erate a design from the stage
one renderings.
The University will then
review the process at the 50 and 95
percent completion points to mon
itor the memorial’s progression.
The construction phase
should begin in the spring when
the University takes bids from
construction firms. Construction
is scheduled for next fall and is
expected to last a year, with a
tenative completion date on the
five-year anniversary of the col
lapse.
Designers still don't know if
they will include names of those
students killed or injured in
other events beside the 1999
collapse.
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step will be to make
mendations to the
administration.”
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